Minister for Education, GTEC & NUGS to hold crunch meeting today over university fee increment

Following the controversy surrounding the increment in university fees across the country, the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum is set to hold a crunch meeting with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the executives of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) today, Thursday, January 6, 2023.

According to reports, the meeting is aimed at resolving the impasse between the tertiary institutions in the country and NUGS over what the latter describes as abnormal and exorbitant increase in fees and charges.

This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, who was speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi TV.

NUGS has accused the public universities for increasing their fees by more than the 15% threshold approved by Parliament.

However, some of the universities, despite the 15% threshold approved by parliament, have justified their decisions.

Commenting on the impasse, Kwasi Kwarteng expressed his optimism that a consensus will be reached after the crunch meeting.

“The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, has once again intervened and has invited the universities in question. We have the University of Ghana (UG), University of Cape Coast (UCC), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and some other public universities. So we have extended invitation to them, hopefully, we will meet them together with GTEC this Thursday [January 5, 2023. The entire aim is to be able to find a lasting solution or resolve this issue,” the PRO of the Ministry said.